Experience in University Paris-Val-de-Marne - Paris XII, France by Mohammad

Generally, what is University Paris-Val-de-Marne - Paris XII like?

Actually the whole university is well equiped but I have studied in Paris School of Urban Planning which was so small and at the same time there was no common space in the building. So I did not meet any other student there. According to my point of view, an urbanism department first of all needs a common space for either communication or for doing some works with the other students.

What are the facilities like?

This department has no cafeteria; the only café machine never worked. I had also too much problems for the activities such as copying and printing the papers.

What are the tutors like?

I think all the academic tutors that I have met in the department had a good level in teaching. Actually, there were some who had their first experience in the English courses with us but in general I was satisfied.

Are the lessons easy in University Paris-Val-de-Marne - Paris XII?

Actually not so easy. We did too much work for each course so I have been occupied all of my time during the semester and at the end we were not satified with our grades.

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Do you think there is a good quality of teaching?

Moderate.

Are there any stories you can share?

Well, we had a very nice atmosphere with ourselves and with tutors during the semester, but I personally had a lot of problems as well.

For example, I was an Iranian student in Milan university. Nobody told me I need to have a visa before coming to Paris. Then, we all had problems for finding the residence which was really difficult for us.

We had to go to the 3 different departments in the 3 different parts of Ile-de-France region, so we had no idea where exactly we should find the residence. Furthermore, this deplacement stopped us from communicating and meeting other students.